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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Reynolds Technologies, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Patsy Elizabeth Elliott Brown, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Darlene Madeline Lawson, Kernersville, NC (US);
Serban C. Moldoveanu, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Reynolds Technologies, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses genetically modified tobacco plants, and tobacco products derived from such plants, comprising a decrease in at least one amino acid such that upon heating and/or burning, the tobacco plant or a portion thereof generates reduced levels of a compound derived from the at least one amino acid as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco plant or a portion thereof. In an embodiment, the tobacco generates reduced levels of acrylamide and/or acrylonitrile upon heating and/or burning of the tobacco as compared to an unmodified parent tobacco line. These plants are useful for improving tobacco products.